New Year, new opera, with the announcement by the the Aurora Theatre in Victoria, Gozo, that Verdi’s 4-act grand opera Il Trovatore, will be staged on October 11th 2014.

The Aurora said that , “last year’s Falstaff was dubbed as, “one of the best Aurora has ever staged, raising standards still higher,” so the theatre is ardently rising to the challenge to go beyond its own yardstick with an even grander production. Il Trovatore has it all – a brave hero, a selfless heroine, an evil villain and, above all, four acts brimming with splendid music and some of the best-loved arias ever written by Verdi.”

For this purpose, the Aurora said it “is keeping the customary second weekend of October – Saturday 11th. The Aurora is bringing to life one of Verdi’s hottest operas, but pledging, for the first time, an air-conditioned opera auditorium.”

At the Aurora, Il Trovatore was premiered in 1979 under the direction of Joseph Sammut, but in 1994 it launched the then new face in local opera Colin Attard when he directed his first opera at the Aurora. Since then, with the exception of just one year, Attard has directed an opera at the Aurora every year, with this new production of Il Trovatore being his 20th one.

Tickets are available to purchase online and from the box offic, priced at €80, €70, €60 and €45 with a 10% reduction for tickets purchased before end of May 2014.

They may be purchased online via www.teatruaurora.com or from the Aurora Box Office, which may be contacted on 21559452 or by email info@leone.org.mt.

Cast and further information will be announced in due course.

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